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About Besinele Village

Besinele is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 367, made up of 176 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Besinele Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besinele village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Tumkur
Tehsil Kunigal
Pincode 572111
Area (hectares) 510.57 hectares
Population 367
Male Population 176
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Besinele compares

By the 2011 count Besinele is the 164th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 510.57 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Besinele

Besinele is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Besinele as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Besinele from other places

Besinele lies about 53 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Yediyur, about 7.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Besinele
Nearest railway station Yediyur 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kunigal 20 km
District headquarters Tumkur 53 km

Villages closest to Besinele

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kunigal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Besinele

As per the Census of India 2011, Besinele village had a population of 367. That makes it the 164th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Besinele village has 176 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besinele has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Besinele is 572111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Besinele covers 510.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Besinele falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Besinele is Yediyur, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Besinele.

Besinele is about 53 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besinele is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Yediyur is about 7.6 km away. Kunigal is about 20 km away. Tumkur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadashettyhalli (under 2 km), Thorehalli (2.8 km) and Kurubarashettihalli (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Besinele today is likely to be higher.

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